Friends enjoy an evening of Iranian pop music. Left to right: Arash, Merjan, Khosrow and Reza (in mirror reflection) are all Iranians claiming asylum in Canada due to reasons connected with their sexu...

Lipstick kisses and magazine cut outs of female faces stuck on Merjan's fridge in the western Turkish city of Isparta. Merjan, who was transgender, died in 2014 after her HIV developed into AIDS and s...

A group of Iranian friends who are all claiming asylum in a third country based on their sexuality and/or gender identity in Merjan's (right) living room. Merjan died a few months after this photograp...

HIV posters in Mobongolwane hospital.

Same sex couples kiss during a gay rights demonstration. During the end of the Gorbachev era Russian gay rights activists were coming coming out of hiding and publicly proclaiming their sexuality whil...

Sibongile Thsabalala (44), originally from Johannesburg, she was diagnosed as HIV positive in 2000.

Busi Maqungo (45) from the Khayelitsa township. In 2000 she lost her seven-month-old daughter to AIDS. She is also HIV-positive, having been infected by her partner, who also died of AIDS. She now has...

Goodman Mkhanda was diagnosed with extremely drug resistant (XDR-TB) in December 2017, in Cape Town. It took four years from his diagnosis to his cure in contrast to the span of traditional treatment,...

Ndumiso Ndela (38) was born and lives in the town of Eshowe, the epicentre of HIV in South Africa. She has been HIV-positive since 2002, has struggled with stigma in a rural area and has children who...

Norute Nobola (58) from Cape Town who is HIV positive. She has met Nelson Mandela and Barack Obama during her work as an activist campaigning for affordable access to antiretrovirals.

Fanelwa Gwashu (48) in the Khayelitsa township. She contracted HIV at a very young age and and one point was in a coma. She survived with 82 CD4 leukocytes in her blood (in a healthy person the figure...

Michael Hmanca (44), from the Khayelitsa township, has both HIV and TB. He has survived with 50 CD4 leukocytes in his blood.

An HIV positive child being treated at the Maluti Hospital.

Sister Cecelia with Roger (L) and Phenias, who are both HIV positive, at the Sacred Heart House AIDS hospice.

Sister Cecelia helps Roger, who is HIV positive, to stand up in the morning at the Sacred Heart House AIDS hospice.

A boy, too weak from AIDS to stand for long, holds onto his father's legs as they share a brief moment during a visit to teh Cotlands Baby Sanctuary.

Sister Cecelia brings the house pet dog, Jabulani, to show to Roger, who is HIV positive, at the Sacred Heart House AIDS hospice.

The new grave where Lily Ipayi has just been buried at Bidibidi Zone 1, Village 2. Lily (39) died on the morning (1am) of 5 October 2018 after suffering with HIV/AIDS for 11 years.

Friends and family gather to mourn Lily Ipayi, on the first day of her funeral ceremony in Bidibidi refugee settlement. Lily (39) died on the morning (1am) of 5 October 2018 after suffering with HIV/A...

Poni (yellow, orange dress), removes the mosquito net that covered her dead sister in law Lily Ipayi at the end of the first day of her funeral ceremony. Lily (39) died on the morning (1am) of 5 Octob...

In the district of Kisalosalo, district of Kyebando, in the suburbs of Kampala, a woman fills a Solvatten solar water purifier. She is part of a group of people infected with HIV who joined together t...

In the district of Kisalosalo, district of Kyebando, in the suburbs of Kampala, Mastulah Nakisozi (R) gives a neighbour water from a Solvatten solar water purifier. Nakisozi is part of a group of peop...

In the district of Kisalosalo, district of Kyebando, in the suburbs of Kampala, Mastulah Nakisozi sits next to a Solvatten solar water purifier that she has placed in the sun while she watches her nei...

In the district of Kisalosalo, district of Kyebando, in the suburbs of Kampala, Mastulah Nakisozi places a Solvatten solar water purifier in the sun. Nakisozi is part of a group of people infected wit...

In the district of Kisalosalo, district of Kyebando, in the suburbs of Kampala, Mastulah Nakisozi fills a Solvatten solar water purifier. Nakisozi is part of a group of people infected with HIV who jo...

Gabatswane Rodgers (44) displays a handful antiretroviral pills at her home in Selibe Phikwe. Rodgers, a former sex-worker, must support her family on just 600 Pula (GBP 40.00) per month, her salary a...

Sex workers waiting for clients on a roadside in the mining town of Selebi Phikwe.

Sex workers waiting for clients on a roadside in the mining town of Selebi Phikwe.

Sex workers waiting for clients on a roadside in the mining town of Selebi Phikwe.

A BOFWA (Botswana Family Welfare Association) monitoring and evaluation officer talks with a sex worker waiting for clients on a roadside in the mining town of Selebi Phikwe.

Free condom and lubricant dispensers sit on a table at the BOFWA (Botswana Family Welfare Association) clinic.

Free condom and lubricant dispensers sit on a table at the BOFWA (Botswana Family Welfare Association) clinic.

Secondary school students, being tested for sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV, give a pin-prick blood sample for use with a rapid results strip test.

Secondary school students, being tested for sexually transmitted infections (STI) and HIV, give a pin-prick blood sample for use with a rapid results strip test.

Secondary school students wait for their results after being tested for sexually transmitted infections.

Secondary school students wait for their results after being tested for sexually transmitted infections.

A health worker examines a blood sample using a microscope at the Kitovo Health Centre.

Awuma Joyce (25), who lost the use of her legs during childhood and is a regular visitor to the RHU clinic, gives a pin-prick blood sample for use with a rapid results test strip.

Laboratory technician Denis Bongoyinge prepares a sample for testing at the RHU clinic.

Activist and a farmer, Vusi Matsebula, who was one of the first people in Swaziland to openly disclose on public television that he was HIV positive, stands outside his homestead beside a truck bearin...

An old sign reads: ''AIDS kills - Jesus saves', at a roadside in Matsapha.

Children practice circus tricks outside a hospital in the township of Khayelitsha. Zip Zap Circus' 'Ubuntu' program aims to introduce children living with HIV to the world of circus.

A poster at the Dong Giang District Health Centre recommending the use of condoms as an HIV/AIDS preventative.

A pregnant woman receives the result of her HIV test from a counsellor at the 'Ceu e Terras' health centre.

A lab technician at the 'Ceu e Terras' health centre preparing samples of blood for testing for HIV infection and to do CD4 counts.

Blood samples that are to be tested for HIV at the UNICEF supported 'Ceu e Terras' health centre.

Blood samples that are to be tested for HIV at the UNICEF supported 'Ceu e Terras' health centre.

Blood samples that are to be tested for HIV at the UNICEF supported 'Ceu e Terras' health centre.

Pregnant women learn about prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) of HIV during a session run by a health worker at the 'Ceu e Terras' health centre.

A lab technician at the 'Ceu e Terras' health centre preparing samples of blood for testing for HIV infection and to do CD4 counts.

A pin prick is used to get a sample of blood from a pregnant woman which will be tested for HIV at the 'Ceu e Terras' health centre.

Vivian, the female winner of the Y+ beauty contest is interviewed by a local television station at the end of the night. The Y+ beauty contest is a national competition with the message that people wi...

Sherina, a competitor in the Y+ beauty contest, is hugged by her mother, Teopista, who congratulates her daughter for her third place. Sherina learned at age 5 that she had HIV. Her mother, Teopista,...

Winners, Hillary and Vivian, at the end of the Y+ beauty contest, a national competition with the message that people with HIV can also be beautiful, externally and internally. Participants compete fo...

At the end of the Y+ beauty contest, Sherina, one of the female competitors, was delighted to come second for which she received a crown. The Y+ is a national competition with the message that people...

A stage rehearsal two hours before the 16 candidates taking part in the Y+ beauty contest contest the final. The Y+ beauty contest is national competition with the message that people with HIV can als...

Hajarah, a contestant in the Y+ beauty contest, prepares to take her antiretroviral medication backstage on final's night. The Y+ beauty contest is national competition with the message that people wi...

A contestant in their 'creative' costume at the Y+ beauty contest, a national competition with the message that people with HIV can also be beautiful, externally and internally. Participants compete f...

Sherina in her 'creative costume' at the Y+ beauty contest is national competition with the message that people with HIV can also be beautiful, externally and internally. Participants compete for the...

Finalists for the Y+ Beauty Contest rehearse the choreography for the competition's opening parade during a four-day training retreat held at Banana Village, a hotel on Lake Victoria. Vivian Nabanoba,...

Candidates backstage at the Y+ beauty contest, a national competition with the message that people with HIV can also be beautiful, externally and internally. Participants compete for the titles of 'Mi...

Candidates in the Y+ beauty contest wait for the announcement of the special prizes. The Y+ beauty contest is a national competition with the message that people with HIV can also be beautiful, extern...

A professional coach, who usually tutors models appearing in fashion shows, teaches the female finalists how to walk with high heels during a training retreat for the Y+ Beauty Contest at a resort on...

Hillary Niwamanya, a candidate, and the eventual male winner on the night, answers questions from the five jurors, after having qualified for the second round of the night's competition. The Y+ beauty...

Sherina and Hajarah have their hair done in a salon near the hotel, where they will be among 16 candidates competing in the Y+ Beauty Contest. The Y+ beauty contest is national competition with the me...

A candidate, wearing an evening dress and her image displayed on a giant screen, walks on the runway before five jurors in the final of the Y+ Beauty Contest. The Y+ beauty contest is national competi...

The nine male finalists for the Y+ Beauty Contest rehearse their walk for the forthcoming competition's parade. The Y+ beauty contest is national competition with the message that people with HIV can...

Backstage at the 4th edition of the Y+ beauty contest, an annual beauty pageant for young people living with HIV in Uganda, an event to fight social stigma. A group of contestants wait for their catwa...

A female contestant, wearing evening dress, takes part in the Y+ beauty contest in front of more than 300 spectators at the Sheraton Hotel. The first edition of the competition took place in 2014. In...

The opening entertainment for the Y+ beauty contest, a national competition, held at the Sheraton Hotel, with the message that people with HIV can also be beautiful, externally and internally. Partici...

Some of the male and female finalists for the Y+ Beauty Contest have their hair done at a salon near the hotel where the forthcoming competition is to be held. The Y+ beauty contest is national compet...

Female candidates, taking part in the final of the Y+ Beauty Contest, try on their outfits during the final fitting and adjustment session on the day before the final. The Y+ beauty contest is nationa...

Male and female candidates, taking part in the final of the Y+ Beauty Contest, try on their outfits during the final fitting and adjustment session on the day before the final. The Y+ beauty contest i...

A makeup artist applies a final make-up touch up to the face of a candidate in the Y+ beauty contest while a dresser staples a number on the waist of another. The Y+ beauty contest is national competi...

A candidate in the Y+ beauty contest is interviewed by Urban TV, a fashionable Ugandan television channel, backstage at the hotel where it is being held. The Y+ beauty contest is national competition...

One of the nine male contestants of the Y+ beauty pageant is a pastor (in red), backstage, before the opening of the event, he leads his fellow contestants, all wearing ponchos in the colours of the U...

A makeup artist applies a final make-up touch up to the face of Vivian Nabanoba, a candidate and the eventual female winner, in the Y+ beauty contest. The Y+ beauty contest is national competition wit...

A competitor has her hair styled before the start of the Y+ Beauty Contest. The Y+ beauty contest is national competition with the message that people with HIV can also be beautiful, externally and in...

Male candidates, taking part in the final of the Y+ Beauty Contest, try on their outfits during the final fitting and adjustment session on the day before the final. The Y+ beauty contest is national...

The sixteen candidates competing in the Y+ Beauty Contest load their outfits into a mini van designed for fourteen people to transport them to the Sheraton Hotel where the competition is organised. Dr...

Ruben (14) he lives with his parents and his older sister, they are all HIV positive. Apparently Ruben was born HIV negative. When he was two years old he had and accident with his sister while playin...

Donald (5) with his mother. He was old born HIV positive. His father died of AIDS four years earlier, when he died the mother found out she was HIV positive too but she did not take an HIV test when s...

Donald (5) was old born HIV positive. His father died of AIDS four years earlier, when he died the mother found out she was HIV positive too but she did not take an HIV test when she was pregnant. The...

Donald (5) was old born HIV positive. His father died of AIDS four years earlier, when he died the mother found out she was HIV positive too but she did not take an HIV test when she was pregnant. The...

Donald (5) was old born HIV positive. His father died of AIDS four years earlier, when he died the mother found out she was HIV positive too but she did not take an HIV test when she was pregnant. The...

Donald (5) was old born HIV positive. His father died of AIDS four years earlier, when he died the mother found out she was HIV positive too but she did not take an HIV test when she was pregnant. The...

R&D Director Sonny Assennato of Diagnostics for the Real World (DRW) provides a training session for Addenbrooks Hospital frontline clinicians in the use of their Samba II diagnostic machines which ar...

R&D Director Sonny Assennato of Diagnostics for the Real World (DRW) provides a training session for Addenbrooks Hospital frontline clinicians in the use of their Samba II diagnostic machines which ar...

R&D Director Sonny Assennato of Diagnostics for the Real World (DRW) provides a training session for Addenbrooks Hospital frontline clinicians in the use of their Samba II diagnostic machines which ar...

R&D Director Sonny Assennato of Diagnostics for the Real World (DRW) provides a training session for Addenbrooks Hospital frontline clinicians in the use of their Samba II diagnostic machines which ar...